First post, by bassix6
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Hereby some results of rebuilding my Pentium 3 Windows 98 PC! My previous Win 98 PC was build around of a Matsonic Motherboard and a 1.0 GhZ Pentium 3. Although it worked and was adequate for a beginners project, I decided I wanted to create a better one. Hereby some pictures: cable management is still a bit of a mess!
Specs
I spent a lot of time looking for components and found some pretty nice deals along the way. These are the components I have collected and are currently in the machine:
CPU: Intel Pentium 3 Tualatin 1.4 GHZ
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-6VTXE-A
Mobo chipset: VIA 694T/686Bchipset
RAM: 512 MB SDRAM
GPU: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
HDD: 32 GB SD Card with IDE Adapter
Sound Card: Aureal Montego II
Monitor: 17" Compaq 7500 CRT
3D /PCMARK
With the upgrade the PC is a lot faster! Not just in games, but also general performance 'feels' a lot quicker. All in all I'm very happy with the end result, although I might swap the Radeon 9800 Pro for a VooDoo 3000. I also have a Win XP PC that is more powerful than this one and puts the Radeon 9800 Pro in a bit of a weird spot.